Rightist Socialist Party of Japan

The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan was a moderate social democratic party in Japan that was active from 1948 to 1955. Following the Japan Socialist Party's 1948 electoral debate, the party was torn apart by infighting, and some of its moderates formed the centrist-social democratic Rightist Socialist Party, rivalling the Leftist Socialist Party of Japan. In 1955, the two Socialist Parties reconciled to reform the JSP.